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nitrocotton

[ nahy-troh-kot-n ]

noun

, Chemistry.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nitrocotton1

First recorded in 1895–1900; nitro- + cotton
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Example Sentences

Collodion Cotton: low nitralion nitrocotton, soluble in a mixture of ether and alcohol.

Ballistite: equal parts of nitroglycerine and soluble nitrocotton with some mineral jelly.

Monarkite: ammonium and sodium nitrate, nitroglycerine, nitrocotton, starch, mineral jelly, salt.

Propellant Explosives.—The chief propellants arc nitrocellulose, also called nitrocotton or guncotton, and nitroglycerine.

Generally nitrocotton contains about 12 to 13 per cent of nitrogen.

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